EghtesadOnline: As per the Supreme Labor Council's decision about rise in wages for the new Iranian year that began on March 21, minimum wage workers, those who received 11.11 million rials (about $82) last year (March 2018-19), will be paid 36.5% more in the new Iranian year, i.e. 15.16 million rials ($112) a month.

EghtesadOnline: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday vetoed a bill to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next five years.

EghtesadOnline: In Iran, private-sector wage discussions and bargaining between the representatives of employees and employers, as well as the government, which constitute the Supreme Labor Council, to agree upon the pay raise for each year usually start in mid-December and reach its peak in March.